| Edition |
1956 and 1923 versions. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 356 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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"50th Anniversary Collection"--Container. |
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Special features: (1956 version): Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of "Written in stone: making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, 'The ten commandments'"; 6-part documentary: "Moses", "The chosen people", "Land of the pharaohs", "The Paramount lot", "The score", and "Mr. DeMille"; newsreel: 'The ten commandments' premiere in New York; Trailers ; (1923 silent, b&w version): Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of "Written in stone: making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, 'The ten commandments'"; hand-tinted footage of the exodus and parting of the Red Sea sequence. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 1956 feature film, part 1 -- Disc 2. 1956 feature film, part 2 (220 min) ; special features -- Disc. 3. 1923 silent b&w feature film (136 min.) |
| Performer |
1956 version: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine. |
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1923 version: Theodore Roberts, Charles De Roche, Estelle Tayor, Julia Faye, Terence Moore, James Neill. |
| Summary |
1956 version: To escape the edict that condemed all first-born Hebrew males, Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. |
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1923 version: This early silent Cecil B. DeMille production tells the story of how the Israelites left Egypt and acquired the Ten Commandments, as told in the context of a mother trying to bring up her children to believe in God. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
1956 version: English or French language tracks with English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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1923 version: Silent with English subtitles or optional French subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Moses (Biblical leader) -- Drama.
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Ten commandments -- Drama.
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Bible stories -- Drama.
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Exodus, The -- Drama.
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Jews -- History -- To 1200 B.C. -- Drama.
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Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
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| Added Author |
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
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Heston, Charlton.
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Brynner, Yul.
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Baxter, Anne.
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Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973.
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De Carlo, Yvonne.
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Roberts, Theodore, 1861-1928.
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Roche, Charles de, 1880-1952.
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Chapman, Edythe, 1863-1948.
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Dix, Richard, 1893-1949.
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La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969.
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Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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| Added Title |
10 commandments |
| ISBN |
1415718636 |
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9781415718636 |
| Standard No. |
097360412246 |
| Music No. |
04122 Paramount Pictures |
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